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The Carolina Bird Club is a non-profit organization that represents and supports the birding community in the Carolinas through its website, publications, meetings, workshops, trips, and partnerships, whose mission is


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The Carolina Bird Club, Inc., is a non-profit educational and scientific association open to anyone interested in the study and conservation of wildlife, particularly birds.

The Club meets each winter, spring, and fall at different locations in the Carolinas. Meeting sites are selected to give participants an opportunity to see many different kinds of birds. Guided field trips and informative programs are combined for an exciting weekend of meeting with people who share an enthusiasm and concern for birds.

The Club offers research grants in avian biology for undergraduate and graduate students, and scholarships for young birders.

The Club publishes two print publications (now also available online). The Chat is a quarterly ornithological journal that contains scientific articles, reports of bird records committees and bird counts, and general field notes on bird sightings. CBC Newsletter is published bimonthly and includes birding articles and information about meetings, field trips, and Club news.

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Recent reports from Carl Bazemore Bird Walk

Only the most recent report per species is shown. Some reports may be pending verification.

May 1

3Mourning Dove
2Common Gallinule
6Least Sandpiper
1Least Tern
1Anhinga
1Tricolored Heron
2Snowy Egret
2Great Egret
1Turkey Vulture
1Osprey
2Red-headed Woodpecker
1Blue Jay
4Barn Swallow
1Carolina Wren
1European Starling
2Red-winged Blackbird
6Boat-tailed Grackle
1Common Yellowthroat

April 30

1Clapper Rail
4Laughing Gull
3Forster's Tern
1Pied-billed Grebe
6Double-crested Cormorant
3Roseate Spoonbill
2Little Blue Heron
4Green Heron
1Great Blue Heron
2Northern Mockingbird
1Northern Cardinal

April 28

2Chimney Swift
3Semipalmated Plover
1Greater Yellowlegs
1Red-tailed Hawk
2Eastern Kingbird
2Fish Crow
1Common Grackle

April 27

4Canada Goose
6Wood Duck
2Black-bellied Plover
1Killdeer
1Spotted Sandpiper
2Lesser Yellowlegs
1Willet
1Red Knot
12Semipalmated Sandpiper
4Black Skimmer
2Common Tern
4Black-crowned Night Heron
1Red-bellied Woodpecker
1Downy Woodpecker
1Pileated Woodpecker
1Eastern Phoebe
2Great Crested Flycatcher
2Carolina Chickadee
3Tufted Titmouse
2Purple Martin
2Northern Rough-winged Swallow
1Northern House Wren
1Marsh Wren
2Brown Thrasher
4Eastern Bluebird
2American Robin
2Cedar Waxwing
3Brown-headed Cowbird
2Black-and-white Warbler
1Blackpoll Warbler
1Pine Warbler
2Yellow-throated Warbler

April 26

1Northern Harrier
2Royal Tern
4Tree Swallow
1Blue-winged Teal
1Eurasian Collared-Dove
4Ring-billed Gull
3Bald Eagle
1Orchard Oriole
1Painted Bunting